Monument record MDO18074 - Flagstones enclosure secondary burial in segment 2

The crouched inhumation of an adult male placed on top of the secondary fills of segment 2 of the Flagstones enclosure. This burial is undated but can be tentatively dated to the Bronze Age.

Found within the probably circular enclosure partly revealed by excavation at Flagstones by Wessex Archaeology in 1987-1988 in advance of the construction of the Dorchester By-pass. The following description is abstracted from the final published report on the site (1). The numbers in square brackets refer to context numbers quoted in the report. In segment 2 on the south side of the enclosure, the crouched inhumation of an adult male was placed on top of the secondary fill. It was covered by the tertiary fill of the enclosure segments. The skeleton was cut by Late Iron Age features. The dating of this burial is not secure, but the secondary fills are likely to date to the Bronze Age and the tertiary fills to the Bronze or Iron Age. On this basis, perhaps a Bronze Age date can be proposed for this burial.

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Feb 8 2006 12:51PM